| Add Memory | Add To Friends | |
| cowboy67 (profile) wrote, on 2-27-2003 at 8:56pm | |
| Current mood: disappointed Music: bush Subject: english 101 |
|
| i noticed that one of the moods you can pick for this is "horny." that's really dumb. well i promised that i would do an english lesson on to, too, and two. so here it is: two. it's a number. i hope that's an easy idea for you kids to understand. so you don't say, "i go two the store." no. if you write like that, please do the world a favor, and just stop. i don't know, maybe you should start using a hand-held recorder at all times. but never pick up a writing utensil again. to. this is a preposition. "what's a preposition?" you may ask. well johnny, according to my funk & wagnalls new comprehensive international dictionary of the english language, a preposition is: a word functioning to indicate the relation of a substance (the object of the preposition) to another substantive, a verb, or an adjective: one of the eight traditional parts of speech. a preposition is usually placed before its object, and together they constitute a prepositional phrase which serves as an adjectival or an adverbial modifier: he sat beside the fire. now that we understand what a preposition is, we can apply that definition to the word, "to." i shall list a few examples in which this word should be used: - i went to school today. - we danced cheek to cheek. - to be, or not to be. usually people don't have that much of a problem with "to" or "two." the real disaster lies within "too." too. no one ever uses this word. it's not there just for fun. it was created for a purpose. "too" is like saying, "also," or "more than," for use in describing a sentence with exaggeration or the amount of something. example time! timmy says, "i'm going to the annual quilt-making contest this monday." beatrice responds with, "i'm going too!" beatrice is going to the quilt-making contest as well. now, if it had been written, "i'm going to!" then it would be like an incomplete sentence. she's going to where? here's another example. "that orange skirt makes my butt look too big." if it read, "that orange skirt makes my butt look to big," then in essence, it would sound as if the orange skirt is forcing "my butt" to look over at "big" (as if it were a noun). obviously, this does not make much sense, although it is quite funny to think about. so, there you are kiddies. now go out and write correctly. impress your teachers, win new friends, influence people. hooray. |
|
| Post A Comment |
|
| Anonymous | yea teaching is good, 03-04-03 11:41pm i think you should print that out and make copies, then have it handed out |